Browning Version

Pros: Slow and beautiful story about the modernization of an elite school, loyalty, betrayal, lust

Cons: American science professor was a profoundly shallow type - perhaps intentional?

The Bottom Line: Anyone concerned with our civilization's decline will find this interesting. Albert Finney as a classic professor, fired without a pension, betrayed by his wife, is a sad face indeed.

Review: This story operates at many levels: Albert Finney, playing a classic professor at an elite boys boarding school in England, is being fired after 18 years' service, for the school wishes to modernize - and that means, in the 1980's, bringing in a modern ...

Pros: Strong lead performance, Musical score

Cons: Slow pacing, A few plotlines left hanging

The Bottom Line: Moving drama about self-realization and leaving with dignity

Review: The 1994 drama The Browning Version, is a moving story of an English prep school classical languages teacher, who reaches the end of his career, only to realize that he has spent his life pushing people away. Based on the the one act play by ...